Yulia Bas

Yulia Bas is GlogauAIR resident
from October, 2023 to December, 2023

Yulia Bas’s art is a profound exploration of contemporary individuality, unravelling the intricacies of defining personal boundaries.

Meet the Artist

Through paintings, sculptures, and installations, she seamlessly blends figuration and abstraction, utilising unconventional materials to navigate the realms of physical and mental limits, transitional states, and concealed memories. Influenced by her Jewish heritage and migration experience, Yulia’s creations serve as reflections of her layered identity and pursuit of subjective wholeness.

During her residency, Yulia embarked on a project titled “Siamese Twins” In this endeavour, everyday objects merge into a singular entity, resembling conjoined twins. From shoes and hats to chairs and forks, the project explores the hybridisation of past and present “I”, the digitisation of memory, and the impossibility of being private from one’s own sub-personalities. The body becomes a poignant tool of memory, and the transformation of physicality references the inseparability of past “I” from the corporeality of the present.

Statement

Yulia Bas’s art explores contemporary individuality’s fragmentation and complexities of defining personal boundaries. Through her paintings, sculptures, and installations, Yulia blends figuration and abstraction, using unconventional materials to explore physical and mental boundaries, transitional states, and hidden memory. Influenced by her Jewish heritage and migration from Russia to Western Europe, Yulia’s creations reflect her layered identity and pursuit of subjective wholeness. Her art mirrors a healing journey through body therapy and meditation, seeking to accept multiplicity of self.

Yulia Bas

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GlogauAIR Project

“Siamese twins”. Two or more everyday objects blends into one, assimilating conjoined twins. Shoes, hats, chairs, forks, etc. About hybrid past and present “I”, digitalisation of memory, impossibility of being private from your own subpersonalities. Body as a memory tool. Transformation of physicality with all kinds of references to past “I” when it becomes inseparable from the corporeality of the present.

“Inner family”. The study of multiplicity of self, psychological parts, each with their own image. Together they form an internal family system that is my inner polyphonic mythology.

Installation, Object, and Sculpture

CV Summary

Born in Moscow in 1986, Yulia Bas pursued fine art studies from an early age. After earning her architecture diploma, she made the move to Western Europe. Today, she resides in Barcelona, Spain.

In 2008 she and her partner established a successful yacht design studio. Shortly after they relocated to Italy first, then to Spain.
Several years ago, after more than a decade in design she rekindled her passion for art, engaging in private study and collaborations with artists, curators, and art historians.
Yulia has forged partnerships with international galleries, showcasing her work in solo and group exhibitions, including a display at Christie’s London, as well as participating in various art fairs.
Her works are being acquired for the collections around the world.

ART FAIRS